As a lover of theAssassins Creedseries, I was excited as well as horrified when I pre-ordered my copy.
Im glad to say none of these rumors were true.
And lucky for us, I was right.
While his given name is Ratonhnhake: Ton, he is dubbed Connor by his Assassin mentor later on.
Connors skills also include hunting, skinning, trapping and baiting animals.
This can be done for fun, as well as a source of income.
And with that, I refuse to comment on this storyline any further.
Lets start with The Good.
The graphics are amazing, detailed and beautiful.
They added weather to the animus, allowing for rain as well as winter with snow on the ground.
Im definitely still adjusting to the colonial style clothing and such.
And the lack of assassins hood and attire when you first start out is also a bit unsettling.
It is also the first time the animus puts us in an ancestor that doesnt physically resemble Desmond.
The resemblance is usually uncanny, but not this time.
I lost a secondary challenge doing that, which is how I discovered it was possible.
The voice actors were as great in their roles as ever and thankfully everyone still had the same voices.
For those who love getting Full Synchronization, there are lots of optional challenges.
Some of these are fun, others seem near impossible.
Im sure it will be fun to go back and give a shot to get them later.
Regarding controls, climbing is faster and a bit easier in some ways, but lacking in others.
Connor doesnt seem to do this very well.
Desmond seems to be a better climber now, though.
My favorite in the Good column is Desmonds missions.
Detailed, modern-time missions open up more questions than they solve for the most part.
I was disappointed at the lack of abilities Desmond demonstrates, even with all his animus training.
One of his missions has him in a place with plenty of crowds, but theres no blending.
The controls for a lot of things were altered.
you oughta remember which enemies can be countered in which way, otherwise they can counter-attack your counter-attack.
More than once, I died and realized how much I missed Ezio.
This time, its the B button, which can be slightly dangerous.
Hit it too soon and youll accidentally drop off the viewpoint youre trying to access.
The symbol for blending is also different.
The slight shadow effect of the last few games is gone.
The map has also been changed, the controls for it a bit less intuitive.
Unfortunately, they also changed the way Desmond looks again, having previously altered his face inRevelations.
They also changed what Rebecca, the female tech assassin, looks like substantially.
They changed her nose, her lips and made her eyes bigger as well.
She barely looks the same, though thankfully, like everyone else, she still has the same voice.
This challenge is a pain.
I will also say that the guards in this incarnation have itchy trigger fingers.
The second glitch was during another early mission.
The two other glitches I noted had to do with the subtitles.
This led to me finding both of these minor mistakes.
In the first conversation of importance inside the animus, youre in a theater and you sit beside someone.
During that conversation, the subtitle for a sentence has I rather than Im.
It only happened once though, so thats not bad at all.
During one part, youre commanding several lines of troops defending against the Redcoat Loyalists.
Youre on a horse, riding between the different regiments, telling them when to fire.
This was and will no doubt always be a pain.
It took me nine times to get through this encounter.
It is beyond challenging.
Overall,Assassins Creed IIIis a solid game with a fantastic story and a good addition to theAssassins Creedseries.
